San Antonio 2110

What do the first PC, the first VLSI Wi-Fi, the largest telecom

in the US, the human genome, Lasik eye

surgery and the first US astronaut to walk

in space have in common?

1972 PC Architecture1977 LAN ARCNET

Personal Computer Age

1968

Chris Fox

First VLSI implementation

of the IEEE 802.11b

wireless LAN protocol

known as WiFi (Fischer)

Very large-scale integration allowing over 100,000 transistors on a chip

Lt. Colonel Edward

White

Pilot for Gemini 4, which was a 66-revolution, 4-day mission June 3 - 7, 1965.

1965

Missions

San Jose

San Juan

Espada

Concepcion

Alamo & Frontier Legends

CACI

Northrop Grumman

Lockheed Martin

General Electric

Pratt & Whitney

Chromalloy

Proxtronics

Veridian

Mitre

OnBoard Soft

Secure INFO

dNovus

Frontline Systems

Karta

Secure LOGIX

Titan

Adtech

Digital Defense

Denim Group

First Aero Squadron, Old # 1

1910

• 1910 First military man to teach himself to fly• Only person to ever learn to fly by mail • First and only military test pilot flying Old No. 1• First to invent seat belt and wheels• 1911 First to fly more than 100

miles non-stop• First on an operational reconnaissance flight• First to test use of radio in flight

Benjamin D. Foulois

Star Film Ranch

1910

Gaston Méliès

“Voyage a la lune”

Night skywriterLoop-the LoopSnap roll on top of the loopFlying school in worldU.S. AirmailJapan and ChinaFly alone at nightOnly to enlist WWITrained WWI fighter pilotsAirport in San Antonio

1912

1927

First Academy Award Film

Established in 1918 as the Air Service Medical Research Laboratory, the School of Aviation Medicine (SAM) [later the School of Aerospace Medicine (SAM)] has served as

the military's primary aviation medical research center by studying the effects of flight upon the human body.

School of Aviation Medicine Class of 1929

“Air City”Harold Clark -Largest construction project undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since the Panama Canal. 1930

Tom Slick founded SwRI in 1947 on Cable Ranch, 1,200 acres, 2MM feet of labs and facilities, $435 million in contract research in 2005, 1,500 sponsored projects each year, and 2,761 employees.

1947

“Science City”

Jet AgeOffice of History

San Antonio Air Logistics Center

Kelly Air Force Base

“Great

White

Way”

B-47

B-58 Hustler B-52

1955

1960

1960

Technicians

Technologists

PhDs

Rise of the Hispanic Middle Class

”Mayor” -- Nelson Wolfe

Hall of Fame1961 - 2002

William A. Mallow, SwRI

1963

“This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it.” --John F. Kennedy,Nov 21, 1963

Man-In-Space Program

Star Wars: Episode 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the Rings, The Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down, Star Trek Nemesis, AI, Jimmy Neutron, Jurassic Park III, Spy Kids, Charlie’s Angels, The Gladiator, Red Planet, Titanic

Tim Jenison

1985

10 patents that have changed the world

Cut the number who die from heart disease in half annually.

Julio C. Palmaz, M.D.

1988

Palmaz Stent®

1998

Richard Yoo & Dirk Elmendorf

Richard V. Butler, Ph.D.Mary E. Stefl, Ph.D.Trinity University

SFBR is home to the world's largest computer cluster devoted to statistical genetic analysis.

2004

2005

SwRI, Training, Simulation and Performance

Improvement

AETC Holodeck

Northrop Grumman

2005

Alamo – 1910Wings - 1927 Sugarland Express - 1973The Yellow Rose - 1983Lost in America - 1984Johnny Be Good - 1987Nadine - 1986Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985Toy Soldiers - 1990Fatherhood - 19928 Seconds - 1993Lolita - 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls - 1995The Newton Boys - 1997Waking Life - 1999All the Pretty Horses - 1999Miss Congeniality - 2000American Outlaws - 2000

1910 - 2006

“San Antonio is

a city of the future.”

Fujio Cho, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation

spaceTEAMSSan Antonio,TX

Middle School

MechatronicsThe synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems and computers.

Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Departments at RPIAll Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI

US First-EISDAndrew SchuetzeSan Antonio,TX

High School

Adapted from Charles OstmanSenior Fellow

Institute for Global Futures

NEURO NANO

BIOINFO

Adapted from Charles OstmanSenior Fellow

Institute for Global Futures

NEURO NANO

BIOINFO

S&T Convergence

Technical applications of biological molecules including protein-based materials, DNA-based

materials, biomineralization, cellular systems and bioelectronics.

http://www.nanobionics3.de/

NanoBionics

NanoBionic Actuators

Tethered bacterium

Swimming bacteriumSwimming speed ~ 20-30 mProtons flux/motor ~ 1200 proton/rev

Tethered bacterium Motor efficiency ~ 90-100 % Output power ~ 2.9×10-4 pWStall torque ~ 4600 pN-nm

Nano-motor (45 nm wide)

Genetic Engineering

Harmless E. coli

Mohamed Al-Fandi, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor of NEMS & MEMSDept. of Mechanical Engineering & BiomechanicsUniversity of Texas

Automotive

Energy-CHP

MechatronicsThe synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems and computers.

Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Departments at RPIAll Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI

“Robots at same stage as 1978 PCs.”

--Baylor University, Carbonara

and Korpi

Machine Actors

v

v

MIT Tech Review, 2005

This is a ROBOT

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16

(Harbor Research, 2003)

(Harbor Research, 2003)

1994 - 2004

(Harbor Research, 2003)

(Harbor Research, 2003)

2004 - 2014

2110

Artist - Carlos Lucio, University of the Incarnate; Art Director - Adam Watkins, University of the Incarnate Word; Concept – Jim Brazell

Concept for Institute of Texas Science, Technology and Culture